Find Your Local, State, or Regional YHEC Event

YHEC at the local level is a basic introduction for youth who are interested in hunting. State YHEC events are at an intermediate level and require youth to have completed a hunter safety course. Local and state YHEC events must feature at least one of the following responsibility/educational events and one of the following shooting events:

Responsibility Events

NRA Youth Hunter Education Challenge participant in an orange cap with a clip board in the wilderness.

Hunter Responsibility Exam

Test your knowledge of hunter safety, ethics, responsibility and laws

Back of a hunter in blaze orange holding a shotgun with the sun in the background

Hunter Safety Trail

Demonstrate your knowledge of safe hunting practices in various hunting situations

Orienteering

Prove you know how to navigate a course utilizing a map and compass

Wildlife Identification

Identify tracks, hides, feathers, and signs of North American wildlife

Shooting Events

Young men wearing ear protection shooting scoped rifles at a range.

.22 Rifle

Utilize a .22 rifle to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Shotgun

Demonstrate your shotgun shooting skills across multiple hunters' clay stations

Young man in red shirt shooting a muzzleloading rifle next to a fence.

Muzzleloader

Use a muzzleloading rifle with open sights to shoot at action-type or life-size game targets

Archery

Walk through a course with life size animal targets

Date	Local, State, or Regional	Location	City	State	Contact
July 23, 2024	Central Regional	Benton County Quail Association	Bentonville	Arkansas	Gary Jobe [email protected] 713-253-7914
August 10-11, 2024	State	Capital Area Sportsmen's League	Lansing	Michigan	Sara Possehn [email protected] 616-477-3083
August 11, 2024	State	Roger G. Sykes Outdoor Heritage Education Complex	Louisville	Nebraska	Christy Christiansen [email protected] 402-471-5547
September 7, 2024	Local	PA State Game Land 300	Archbald	Pennsylvania	Angela Saar [email protected] 570-241-1758
September 28, 2024	Local	Gene's Guns and Ammo (inside Gene's Heartland Foods)	Ellsworth	Kansas	Fred B. Barton [email protected] 785-324-0550
October 19, 2024	State	Arlington Sportsmen's Club	Mansfield	Texas	David Hammonds [email protected] 817-915-4294

Want To Know More

For more information about YHEC, contact Youth Hunter Education at (844) 221-8861 or [email protected]

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